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East Germany |
 GDR |
5:36.41 |
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Dietmar Schiller / Jörg Friedrich / Werner Wenzel / Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich / Bernd Höing / Ulrich Karnatz / Bernd Krauß / Ortwin Rodewald / Klaus-Dieter Ludwig * |
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New Zealand |
 NZL |
5:39.92 |
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Grant McAuley / Anthony Brook / Tim Logan / Greg Johnston / Conrad Robertson / Peter Jansen / Mark James / Robert Robinson / Alan Cotter * |
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Soviet Union |
 URS |
5:40.69 |
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Viktor Kakoshin / Igor Maystrenko / Aleksandr Manzevich / Vitaly Moroz / Andrey Ruditsin / Aleksandr Tkachenko / Andrey Tishchenko / Anatoly Luzgin / Hryhoriy Dmytrenko * |
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